Sound Off! for Sunday, June 2, 2013

I just finished reading “Heaven is for Real” by Todd Burpo. I think everyone should read it, no matter what your faith or beliefs. It will change you forever.

Weidman

As expected, Eric Baerren continues to lie through his teeth with nothing to support it. Since he doesn’t seem to know, Obamacare is the biggest tax we have ever had with majority people against it. The three major scandals are serious with a lot of Democrats supporting that view. Come join reality, Eric.

Mt. Pleasant

With the Tigers playing, Jim Leyland must be wagering on pitcher Valverde. When he puts Valverde in the pits, the Tigers will be ahead by two. As usual, Valverde gives away a home run and two base hits and Leyland still has him pitching. I guess it is time for Leyland to retire as expected. To keep Valverde in there is useless. He needs to go.

St. Louis

To the people complaining about the cemeteries, take a drive to Union Cemetery west of Winn and see the graves with dirt piled on top left from winter. Shame on Fremont Township board and cemetery workers for not seeing that this was taken care of before Memorial Day. I bet the person digging the graves was paid.

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Winn

Saints be praised! I finally enjoyed an article by Les Rosan!

Beal City

Those idiotic rantings about Sodom and Gomorrah in today’s paper have got to be some of the most idiotic things I have ever read. Sometimes I think your paper publishes these things to show how stupid a lot people really are.

Remus

I wish our state legislators would get on board with what Snyder wants to do for health care like expand Medicaid and establish an insurance exchange. They are finding in other states that insurance companies are being competitive and rates are lower than expected. Obamacare will work if we give it a chance.

Farwell

I like Les Rosan’s touching piece about how cops have their issues with grief and heartache and how it can fly under the radar. Good job! It always makes my day to say hello or nod to a cop and I think it makes their day too.

Mt. Pleasant

As per the Gratiot County Animal Shelter meeting June 4 at 5:30 p.m. in the Ithaca courthouse, please attend. No animal should sustain torture.

St. Louis

To the fellow pulling a trailer west of River Road on Saturday, if you are missing a pin, call 989-775-7016. I have your pin. It fell right out in front of my house.

Deerfield Township

It is stupid how they can do a 15-cent jump in gas overnight.

Oil City

To the preacher in Mt. Pleasant who preaches once a week about all the wrongdoings in the world, how big of a Christian are you? Calling people boneheads, stupid, perverted and carrying on. I am really sick of hearing from you. It is ridiculous. You must be off your rocker.

Rosebush

Well here we go again. June 1 and gas is $4.15 a gallon everywhere. I just want to remind everyone to vote Democrat. Vote for the oil haters. I remember before Obama got elected – I drive truck for a living and I keep track of fuel prices – gas was in the high one dollars and low two dollars. Ever since the oil haters got elected and global warming, $4 is the norm. If it is $4.15 on June 1, God help us on Labor Day.

Wheeler

(We keep track, too. Five years ago, at the start of June 2008, the Michigan average gasoline price was $4.08 per gallon for unleaded regular. The price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate was around $130. Speculation drove that bubble, and it collapsed by the end of the year. Gasoline prices bottomed out around Christmas 2008 at $1.62, while crude fell as low as $35 in February 2009. Since then, domestic oil production under the Obama administration has increased at the fastest rate in history. Crude is about $92. Yet the oil companies have pushed gasoline prices back to where they were five years ago. - Ed.)

If anybody ever wants to see a 78-year-old rhododendron in full bloom, go to 125 Cedar. I urge any photographer to come here and take a look at that. It is now in full bloom and it won’t be long. You will never see anything like it. All photographers should come up. The Morning Sun should. Thank you Morning Sun for taking all of my calls. You do a great job!

Alma

Come on guys, $4.15 a gallon! All you are doing is killing us and killing the economy. Hello, is anybody out there? When you can’t buy your boat because nobody can afford to buy your gas, you will figure it out.

Shepherd

To the gas companies, the real middle class earns $25,000. How can anybody who earns that afford the gas prices – $4.15 a gallon? My employer hasn’t given us a raise in six years. Come on, wake up!

Shepherd

I see the local oil families are at it again, gas is super high today. Probably because of the large events that are in town this weekend. Oh well, here we go again.

Mt. Pleasant

(The price hike isn’t just local. Countywide average prices Sunday were above $4.10 in 77 of Michigan’s 83 counties, with prices reported as high as $4.49 in suburban Detroit. - Ed.)

I see on the news that OJ Simpson is up for parole. Do you suppose that when he gets out he will go find out who killed Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman?

Mt. Pleasant

In 1955, gasoline was 23 cents per gallon. Average annual income was about $4,100. Now gas is about $4 per gallon and median annual income is about $50,000 with half of these households earning less than $50,000. About 46 million households live at poverty level and earn about $23,000 annually. Doing the math, if income were to keep pace with gas prices, the average annual household income should be about $71,000. Keep voting for Republicans who champion right to work for less laws that undermine union efforts that strive to help working Americans earn reasonable wages and rights.

Weidman

I was watching the news and they were talking about the George Zimmerman trial, the Trayvon Martin murder case. I don’t see how they could possibly find a jury that would be impartial because there has been so much media coverage.